Definition

1. Noun:
   • A public building or room used for gambling and entertainment: A casino is an establishment where people can legally gamble by playing games of chance, such as slot machines, roulette, blackjack, and poker. These venues often also offer dining, shows, and other forms of entertainment.
   • A card game: Casino is also the name of a specific, usually two-player, card game where players try to capture cards from a layout on the table by matching them with cards in their hand.

Examples

• Noun (Gambling establishment):
  • The new casino on the strip features hundreds of slot machines and several poker tables.
  • They spent the evening at the casino, watching a show after trying their luck at the roulette wheel.
• Noun (Card game):
  • We learned how to play casino during our visit.
  • Casino is a classic card game that involves strategy and counting.

Advanced Usage

• "casino resort": A large complex that combines a casino with a hotel, restaurants, shopping, and other leisure facilities.
  • Las Vegas is famous for its extravagant casino resorts.
• "online casino": A website or platform that simulates gambling games over the internet.
  • The regulation of online casinos varies from country to country.

Variants and Related Words

• Casino (plural: casinos): The standard noun form.
• Casino banking: A financial service model associated with high-risk, speculative investment strategies, drawing an analogy to gambling.
  • Critics accused the bank of engaging in casino banking.

Synonyms

• Gambling house: A direct synonym for a casino as a place for gambling.
• Gaming establishment: A more formal term for a casino.
• Card room: A room dedicated to playing card games for money, which can be part of a casino.

Related Phrases

• "The house always wins": A common idiom referring to the statistical advantage (the house edge) that a casino has in all its games, ensuring its profitability over time.
  • He lost all his money quickly, proving that the house always wins.
• "High roller": A person who gambles with very large amounts of money, often receiving special perks from a casino.
  • The casino provided a private jet to bring the high roller to town.

Noun

1. a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand
2. a public building for gambling and entertainment